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(bells ringing) >> osgood: practicing on this from zimbabwe. one example of the rare and exotic musical instruments you can find on exhibit at a new museum whose displays are meant to be seen and heard. arizona is home to one of the largest canyons in the world. but even the grand canyon might not be big enough to contain the sound made by more than 3,000 instruments, each on display at the musical instrument museum recently opened in phoenix. here you can marvel at the intricate details of an 18th century viola. pluck the strings of this instrument. or hear the melody of an lyre from ken i can't. ... kenya. >> what we wanted to do from the very start is to create a museum that is based on understanding what is the art form that surrounds more of us on an everyday basis than any other, and that is music. >> osgood: built de walt is the president and director of the museum. >> we have created ensembles of musical instruments from every country. what we're presenting is audio and video from those countries as well. ♪ even if you can't read the
(bells ringing) >> osgood: practicing on this from zimbabwe. one example of the rare and exotic musical instruments you can find on exhibit at a new museum whose displays are meant to be seen and heard. arizona is home to one of the largest canyons in the world. but even the grand canyon might not be big enough to contain the sound made by more than 3,000 instruments, each on display at the musical instrument museum recently opened in phoenix. here you can marvel at the intricate details...
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a very controversial idea known as the responsibility to protect the notion that if a country like zimbabwe or sudan failed in its domestic responsibility to protect human rights of its own citizens, the security council could intervene to protect those human rights. that was endorsed by the general assembly. he wanted aew work, tougher measures on nuclear non- proliferation. those were blocked ironically by the bush administration. he proposed a number of measures to strengthen against nuclear proliferation, terrosm, those kinds of issues, and at the same time, to bng these new actors and capture their interests to assist in those functions. host: has those traditions been carried on? guest: one of the other things he argued, and was criticized publicly for, was around the management of the u.n., which is quite weak. there were accusations of corruption and of a scandal. he has not been as focused on the substantive reforms. it in my mind, that is a mistake. you have to continue to improve performance on the key a threat out there. host: memphis, tn., our democrats line. caller: i think it
a very controversial idea known as the responsibility to protect the notion that if a country like zimbabwe or sudan failed in its domestic responsibility to protect human rights of its own citizens, the security council could intervene to protect those human rights. that was endorsed by the general assembly. he wanted aew work, tougher measures on nuclear non- proliferation. those were blocked ironically by the bush administration. he proposed a number of measures to strengthen against nuclear...
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a very controversial idea known as the responsibility to protect the notion that if a country like zimbabwe or sudan failed in its domestic responsibility to protect human rights of its own citizens, the security council could intervene to protect those human rights. that was endorsed by the general assembly. he wanted a new work, tougher measures on nuclear non- proliferation. those were blocked ironically by the bush administration. he proposed a number of measures to strengthen against nuclear proliferation, terrorism, those kinds of issues, and at the same time, to bring these new actors and capture their interests to assist in those functions. host: has those traditions been carried on? guest: one of the other things he argued, and was criticized publicly for, was around the management of the u.n., which is quite weak. there were accusations of corruption and of a scandal. he has not been as focused on the substantive reforms. it in my mind, that is a mistake. you have to continue to improve performance on the key a threat out there. host: memphis, tenn., our democrats line. caller: i
a very controversial idea known as the responsibility to protect the notion that if a country like zimbabwe or sudan failed in its domestic responsibility to protect human rights of its own citizens, the security council could intervene to protect those human rights. that was endorsed by the general assembly. he wanted a new work, tougher measures on nuclear non- proliferation. those were blocked ironically by the bush administration. he proposed a number of measures to strengthen against...
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when we were in zimbabwe in march, we were touring a village and sure enough, as the village chief was trying to sing the praises of the village because he wanted to raise money for a secondary school, i noticed there was some construction in one part of the village and i asked what that was. he mumbled and walked away. then he said, it turns out it was a failed irrigation project. and just a few yards away was a failed chicken coop project. all the chickens died one year, no one wants to put their chickens in that project anymore. it is true that it is not easy, but we actually look at this and say, do not for the baby out with the bathwater. let's applaud the fact that 50% of projects survive in these kinds of conditions. just like in the business world, continuous improvement and you learn from your mistakes. not only does it take foreign aid projects, but it also takes people, individuals helping individuals. in the same way that beatrice was helped by $120, individuals can help and make a great big difference. i think it is a parable that maybe some of you know. it is a hawaiian p
when we were in zimbabwe in march, we were touring a village and sure enough, as the village chief was trying to sing the praises of the village because he wanted to raise money for a secondary school, i noticed there was some construction in one part of the village and i asked what that was. he mumbled and walked away. then he said, it turns out it was a failed irrigation project. and just a few yards away was a failed chicken coop project. all the chickens died one year, no one wants to put...
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Sep 13, 2010
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outcomes that are not in the contition, but the standards of decency are standards of decency defined in zimbabwe and law and in brussels that in places like that. and what you're going to have, i believe, is a furious battle that goes on between a congressional anch, which has, we hope, at least one house controlled by the non-obama policy regime and am absolutely determined and in some cases, lawless administration that is absolutely insistent on having their way. we have, unlike any other president before, even jimmy carter, we have people who do not think that our rights are guaranteed a nature and nature's laws and they are not god-given. they are into lena kagan, now supreme court justice elena kagan's doled out by the government, that is a quote, doled out by the government. and what's the other one? at governments can recalibrate speech rights recalibrate speech rights in order to ensure what somebody in the judiciary considers to be fairness. you're going to have battles between congress and the administrative agencies, between independent agencies that the u.s. civil rights commission w
outcomes that are not in the contition, but the standards of decency are standards of decency defined in zimbabwe and law and in brussels that in places like that. and what you're going to have, i believe, is a furious battle that goes on between a congressional anch, which has, we hope, at least one house controlled by the non-obama policy regime and am absolutely determined and in some cases, lawless administration that is absolutely insistent on having their way. we have, unlike any other...